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=I can't believe it, but I have great news! Kathleen Burke, Director of ASCD's Annual Conference accepts our offer and wants us to work with ASCD to develop a 3 year plan! More to come in the following days.= =Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead 10:45 A.M. EDT, 5.5.08=

=ASCD Proposal Deadline: May 5, 2008 (Noon, EDT is our target.)= Sunday, May 4, 2008, 7:30 A.M. (11:13 A.M.) (4:15 P.M.) (8:15 P.M.) **(now 5:30 A.M.) EDT** 28 (24) (20) (16) **(now 6.5)** hours to go and counting....... Massachusetts, USA

Good morning (afternoon) (evening) **(now morning)** my friends,

Learning Beyond Boundaries is a growing community of educators who want to move Web 2.0 into the mainstream education conversation. As of the moment I am writing this message, 20 (24) (27) (32) (now 36) educators have "signed" the collaborators' page and 32 (35) (41) **(now 42)** educators have joined the space. I am so pleased at this initial support for our proposal!

I am encouraging ASCD leadership to consider our proposal seriously by visiting our wiki to  =A big request: By Monday at noon (EDT), I am asking for your help with three things. = >
 * read our proposal, watch the videos embedded in it, and check out the links at the bottom of the page,
 * read The Conversation page to understand what collaboration looks like online, and
 * view the Collaborators' page to realize that there are committed educators from across the planet who support the proposal.
 * 1) "sign" the collaborators' page if you haven't yet,
 * 1) get one or more people in your network who agree with the proposal to "sign" the collaborators' page (I'd like to break 50 collaborators by noon, 5.5.08 ~ maybe too ambitious, but if everyone can work getting one friend to sign ... maybe...)
 * 2) (and I know I'm pushing it here, but...) on the proposal page at the bottom, add a link or two that will help the ASCD leadership to understand the capacity of our educator online network.

I know you are all busy. If you can hang on and contribute in the next day and a half, we can put our best foot forward and show ASCD we have a lot to offer their membership: 175,000 educators from 119 countries and nearly 60 affiliates.

Thank you for your help with this project.

Regards,